Victor Anand Coelho - The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar

The Cambridge Companion to the Guitar From its origins in the culture of late medieval Europe to enormous global popularity in the twentieth, the guitar and its development comprise multiple histories, each characterized by distinct styles, playing techniques, repertories, and socio-cultural roles. These histories simultaneously span popular and classical styles, contemporary and historical practices, written and unwritten traditions, and Western and non-Western cultures. This is the first book to encompass the breadth and depth of guitar performance, featuring twelve essays covering different traditions, styles, and instruments, written by some of the most influential players, teachers, and guitar historians in the world. The coverage of the book allows the player to understand both the analogies and the differences between guitar traditions; all styles from baroque, classical, country, blues, and rock to flamenco, African, and Celtic will share the same platform, along with instrument making. As musical training is increasingly broadened this comprehensive book will become an indispensable resource. victor anand coelho is Professor of Music at the University of Calgary.

His publications include Performance on Lute, Guitar, andVihuela (Cambridge, 1997), The Manuscript Sources of 17th-CenturyItalian Lute Music, and Music and Science in the Age of Galileo. As a lutenist he has performed throughout North America and Europe and as a guitarist has just released a CD, Come on in my Kitchen, with his blues band. The Cambridge Companions to Music InstrumentsThe Cambridge Companion to BrassThe Cambridge Companion to the PianoInstruments Edited by David Rowland Edited by Trevor Herbert and John Wallace The Cambridge Companion to the RecorderThe Cambridge Companion to the Cello Edited by John Mansfield Thomson Edited by Robin Stowell The Cambridge Companion to the SaxophoneThe Cambridge Companion to the Clarinet Edited by Richard Ingham Edited by Colin Lawson The Cambridge Companion to SingingThe Cambridge Companion to the Guitar Edited by John Potter Edited by Victor Coelho The Cambridge Companion to the ViolinThe Cambridge Companion to the Organ Edited by Robin Stowell Edited by Nicholas Thistlethwaite and Geoffrey Webber ComposersThe Cambridge Companion to BachThe Cambridge Companion to John Cage Edited by John Butt Edited by David Nicholls The Cambridge Companion to Bart kThe Cambridge Companion to Chopin Edited by Amanda Bayley Edited by Jim Samson The Cambridge Companion to BeethovenThe Cambridge Companion to Debussy Edited by Glenn Stanley Edited by Simon Trezise The Cambridge Companion toThe Cambridge Companion to HandelBenjamin Britten Edited by Donald Burrows Edited by Mervyn Cooke The Cambridge Companion to RavelThe Cambridge Companion to Berg Edited by Deborah Mawer Edited by Anthony Pople The Cambridge Companion to SchubertThe Cambridge Companion to Berlioz Edited by Christopher Gibbs Edited by Peter Bloom The Cambridge Companion to StravinskyThe Cambridge Companion to Brahms Edited by Jonathan Cross Edited by Michael Musgrave TopicsThe Cambridge Companion to Blues andThe Cambridge Companion to the OrchestraGospel Music Edited by Colin Lawson Edited by Allan Moore The Cambridge Companion to Pop and RockThe Cambridge Companion to Jazz Edited by Simon Frith, Will Straw and John Edited by Mervyn Cooke and Street David Horn The Cambridge Companion to the StringThe Cambridge Companion to the MusicalQuartet Edited by William Everett and Paul Laird Edited by Robin Stowell The Cambridge Companion to the G U I T A R ................. edited by Victor Anand Coelho University of Calgary University Printing House, Cambridge cb2 8bs, United Kingdom Cambridge University Press is part of the University of Cambridge. It furthers the Universitys mission by disseminating knowledge in the pursuit of education, learning and research at the highest international levels of excellence. www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521801928 Cambridge University Press 2003 Th is publication is in copyright.

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For Carina ContentsList of illustrations [ page viii] Notes on contributors [ix] Preface and acknowledgments [xi] Note on pitch [xiii] Part I r New guitar histories and world traditions 1 Picking through cultures: a guitarists music history Victor Anand Coelho [3] 2 Flamenco guitar: history, style, status Peter Manuel [13] 3 The Celtic guitar: crossing cultural boundaries in the twentieth century Christopher J. Smith [33] 4 African reinventions of the guitar BanningEyre [44] Part II r Jazz, roots, and rock 5 The guitar in jazz Graeme M. Boone [67] 6 A century of blues guitar Jas Obrecht [87] 7 The turn to noise: rock guitar from the 1950s to the 1970s Steve Waksman [109] 8 Contesting virtuosity: rock guitar since 1976 Steve Waksman [122] 9 The guitar in country music Gordon Ross [133] Part III r Baroque and classical guitar today 10 Radical innovations, social revolution, and the baroque guitar CraigH. Russell [153] 11 Perspectives on the classical guitar in the twentieth century David Tanenbaum [182] 12 Antonio Stradivari and baroque guitar making Stewart Pollens [207] Glossary [229] Notes [232] Select bibliography [249] General index [252] Index of songand album titles [262] [vii] Illustrations 1 French 10-franc note issued c. 1964 of composer Hector Berlioz with guitar [4] 2 Keith Richards, 1999, Oklahoma City (photo courtesy of Guido Karp) [6] 3 Map of Andalusia, showing historical centers of flamenco [14] 4 Diego del Gastor (photo by Steve Kahn) [19] 5 Paco de Luca (photo by Paco Sanchez) [20] 6 Unidentified Gypsies (photo by Steve Kahn) [21] 7 Ngoni [46] 8 Right hand of Djelimady Tounkara [48] 9 Koo Nimo of Ghana [49] 10 Kora [52] 11 Ali Farka Tour of Mali at WOMAD USA 2000 [54] 12 Johnny Clegg of South Africa, Central Park, New York, 1998 [60] 13 Joshua Dub of Zimbabwe [62] 14 Martin 000M, Auditorium-sized (photo courtesy of the Martin Guitar Company) [135] 15 Martin DM, Dreadnought-sized (photo courtesy of the Martin Guitar Company) [136] 16 Fender Telecaster (photo courtesy of Fender) [143] 17 Fender Stratocaster (photo courtesy of Fender) [144] 18 Catalogue from Feuillet and Pcour,